Hello again everyone as you can probably see I have been making some major changes to the site and I am happy to announce that these are just the first in a series of staged updates. I have many many more in store for you all. Hopefully you are enjoying them so far. Essentially this is all in preparation for September’s Grand Re-Opening / Re-Launch / Contest. I can not reveal any of the specific details but rest assured Market Leverage is the primary sponsor.
This upcoming week I plan to address social networking and pretty much everything to do with the subject. I recently managed to get my own house in order on this subject and I thought that I would share the steps I am taking to ensure success on this front. This is a week set to be one of the most exciting with all the changes and excellent content.
Weekly Round Up / End of the Month Round Up
was our top commentator for the month of July and staying good on my promise I have duly awarded him 1,000 entrecredits. Upon notification JK let me know he wanted to donate these to a better cause. That cause in itself is worthy enough to mention here in our weekly round up and that is the 60 Mile Walk For Breast Cancer. This will surely buy them some extra advertising in order to spread the word and gather donations to their end goal and completion of the 60 mile walk. If you are able please stop by http://ml60milewalk.blogspot.com/ and make a donation every penny helps the cause.
This last week we covered some very important page rank factors. I thought this would be a good follow up the general feeling of mass hysteria throughout the blogosphere, and help people get a plan for the next update in the meantime. The feeling of the echo chamber on the blogger is often times overpowering and only the very strongest authors make it out of this room. I thought this would be a good change of gears for those of us that are not boasting large rss numbers or commentators on our blogs. we also addressed how to avoid libel while blogging. This issue can get you into a lot of trouble quite fast, but for the most part its just good to know and think out your posts that may contain this type of content and just pursue a differnt method to make the same points. Also 5 easy ways to destroy your blog by commenting on other blogs. The most posted item I have seen across the board is telling all bloggers to comment on other blogs to grow. While this is sage advice it usually is not followed with a proper caveat. It is infact possible to do more harm to your site if you are not paying attention. We took a look at some fast and hard blogging for cash tips. I thouht this post would do well with the other content I had planned for the week. I like to make sure everyone is on the level about the whole topic of blogging and making money. The qualities and habits of a successful blogger were looked at as well and I shared what methods and habits I have run across interviewing other bloggers. And last but not least how to eliminate clutter from your blog. This seems to be a topic not often hit on by the blogging tips niche and after cruising entrecard and things of that sort I was appalled by the amount of junk people compress into their blogs with absolutely no good reasoning what-so-ever.
This next week is slated to be quite exciting as I really make an attempt to tackle the social aspects of blogging and which networks, etc are going to be in your best favor to leverage for your own goals and future endeavors.
We are knocking on the door of 150 rss subscriptions make sure if you are reading this to sign up today via email or rss feed. In case you did not notice my free ebook is available now as well if you sign up for my rss as well by using those boxes and submit in the sidebar.
I would really love some feedback from everyone abou tthe changes going on if they are overall positive or negative. I am also taking suggestions for changes that you do not see going on so do not be hesitant, if you would rather not post in the comments you can use my contact page to email me directly.
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I have noticed some of the changes, and though I have not commented I read some of the articles. I like the header a lot, and the guide to blogging widget type thing is really good. I can’t wait till you reveal to us who is doing this work for you, because I know you as someone who does a lot of design work on their own. (Well, when will I donate those $5? Hmmm? Thinking about it…)
isnt beginners spelled wrong on the little ebook in the sidebar? and will people already subscribed be able to get their hands on it? Or is it different from people subscribed by email feed?
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never mind ben!
i have subscribed to the newsletter as well! the redesign is coming along great!
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Pretty positive changes in my opinion
Well, the changes you already know I’m loving them..everything that was covered this week was on point, and I am definitely looking forward to what you have to say about social networks. This is something I’ve been getting into a little more myself.
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Ben,
I was pleasantly surprised when I logged in to my Entrecard account this morning and noticed an extra 1,000 credits. A big thanks to you and JK Swopes for the donation. We will put them to good use.
~Debby
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